Technology
A Computational Trick Lets Scientists Refocus Holograms After They Have Already Been Recorded
Two digits etched into a standard optics test target, a "2" and a "4", each thinner than a human hair.
Feb 13, 2026
Life
Wolf Teeth Reveal a Hidden Cost of Warmer Winters
Some of the wolf teeth that Amanda Burtt examined have been sitting in museum drawers since the 1840s.
Feb 13, 2026
Life
Wild Parrots Sing Duets With Grammar Rules That Rival Human Language
Late afternoon in a Costa Rican cattle pasture, and Christine Dahlin is sitting beneath a large tree with an old-school video camera and a directional microphone, waiting.
Feb 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
When Chatbots Join the Delusion: How AI Can Hallucinate With Us, Not Just At Us
Jaswant Singh Chail sprayed himself with a solution to mask his human scent, slung a loaded crossbow over his shoulder, and on Christmas Day 2021 scaled the wall of Windsor Castle with a grappling hook and rope ladder.
Feb 13, 2026
Technology
Next-Generation Solar Panels Could Slash Billions of Tonnes of CO₂ From Their Own Manufacturing
Purifying silicon is brutally energy-intensive work. You start with quartzite — essentially very pure sand — and heat it in an electric arc furnace to roughly 2000°C.
Feb 13, 2026
Health
When Your Cells Fix Broken DNA Depends on the Time of Day
Radiotherapy works, in essence, by smashing cancer cells' DNA so badly they can't recover.
Feb 13, 2026
Health
When Diabetes Comes for the Kidneys, Blood Chemistry Tells the Story First
One in three adults in Pakistan now has diabetes. That figure, confirmed by the World Health Organization last November, makes the country's rate the highest…
Feb 13, 2026
Health
Melanoma’s Hidden Architect Builds Blood Vessels and Shuts Down Immune Defences
Before you were born, a protein called HOXD13 helped shape your fingers and toes.
Feb 11, 2026
Health
What’s Really Lurking in Your Hair Extensions
Pick up a packet of braiding hair from any beauty supply shop and you will find precious little on the label about what's in it.
Feb 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Brainwave Signature Shared by Humans and Mice Could Transform Fragile X Treatment
Plenty of promising drugs for neurological conditions have sailed through testing in mice only to crash and burn in human trials.
Feb 11, 2026
Technology
Robots That See Around Corners With Radio Waves
Every wall is a mirror. Not for light, obviously, which scatters uselessly off plaster and concrete, but for radio waves.
Feb 11, 2026
Health
The Kindness Frequency Can Nudge People to Behave Less Selfishly
YOU ARE sitting in a quiet lab, electrodes pressed gently against your damp scalp.
Feb 10, 2026
Health
The Ghost In The Gate: Why Your Body’s Electrical Seal Is Meant To Leak
IT IS the ultimate biological "ghost in the machine". Inside your neurons and cardiac tissue, trillions of tiny valves are working frantically to manage the electrical surges that allow you to think, move and keep your heart beating.
Feb 10, 2026
Health
Synthetic Oxytocin Shields Rats From Anxiety Caused by Social Bullying
Picture a rat, roughly 250 grams, dropped into the home cage of a much larger, territorial male.
Feb 10, 2026